Posts by Derek Bez

Dencity {sic}

So... if you nick a lappy you suspect is gps-tracked, you should take it to somewhere like Cannery Woof.

Sure it'll get a signal, but the location won't be within 10m. Elevation isn't one of GPS's strong points either. Good luck to them working out which floor of which building.

US is so behind the times

It's not "Global Warming". It's "Climate Change".

Blame the alien death rays.

Nothing's outselling nothin'

Because there aren't any in the country to be sold.

If there was an initial shipment at the beginning of July, they all went to ASUS VIPs. None in the stores. Not even for preorders (bar 1 or 2 sites trying it on with higher-than-rrp pricing).

Linux v XP. Who cares. That's a battle for another day. Lets get the little beasties on the shelves!

When I was young...

...er... About 12 years ago, the large FMCG IS dept I worked in realised that company pay scales didn't fit in with market trends for IS staff. So they created a subset of the pay grades specifically for IS. It meant we techies were paided in 'manager money and perks'. And probably pissed off the marketing dept.

Shouldn't that be a law by now? Tech people are different, so tech jobs should be remunerated differently to 'ordinary' jobs.

Any techie that wants a manager job isn't a real techie. If anything, he (or she) only would vie for a management postion because in most companies it would mean more money. And so become a rubbish middle-manager who doesn't deserve the money, and who gather a lot of criticism.

Bill doesn't care about money.

No news is good news

If this type of silliness didn't make the news, the perps wouldn't do it again, and their cousins wouldn't think of trying it either. Epidemic over.

But then again, we wouldn't have something to chuckle about on a boring Thursday afternoon.

@ Yeah Right

It's not winning or losing. It's how you play the game.

You're spot on about hackability though. Misinformation is a powerful tool in a commanding officer's arsenal. I'm sure Sun Tsu had a bit to say about it.

Wasn't there another program used by US? military that could remotely inject adrenalin or other chemicals to enhance battlefield performance? Or have I been playing dodgy video games? Stimpak anyone?

Alien = Protoss

Not a nerd

I find the term 'nerd' derogatory.

Nerd = thick, unfashionable eyewear, and requires parental assistance to dress in the morning.

And to answer someone else's comment... You might get nerds in other (science) fields who are not techie. Not techie as we know it anyway.

Lets stick to 'geek'.

I've already been toying with leaving O2 when my contracts up.